But you show'd me my folly;—'tis really no more
Than the skimming of flies in the water,—
The water,—
Than the skimming of flies in the water."
He drove her about for an hour or two,
Till her ladyship's clothes were completely soak'd through,
Then home to Tott Cottage he brought her,
And said, "Now, Lady T., by the joke of to-night,
I'll reign over you; for you'll own that I'm right,
And know rain, ma'am, from flies in the water,—